Chemist

This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Environmental Health, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a(n) Chemist, you will: - Conducting complex chemical analyses of clinical specimens using advanced analytical methods to generate accurate, sensitive, and scientifically defensible results. - Operating, calibrating, maintaining, and troubleshooting mass spectrometers, liquid and gas chromatography systems, and related analytical laboratory equipment. - Developing, validating, adapting, and improving analytical methods for detecting and measuring chemical warfare agents, industrial chemicals, natural toxins, and metabolites. - Conducting scientific investigations, reviewing literature, designing experiments, interpreting findings, and preparing reports, publications, and presentations on research results. - Providing technical consultation and direction, collaborating with internal and external researchers, and ensuring laboratory activities comply with applicable safety and CLIA requirements.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov. College or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page